Club Baloncesto Atapuerca, more commonly known as (Autocid) Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, was a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Castilla y León, and played in the Polideportivo El PlantÃÂo, in LEB Gold league.
The club born as CD Maristas started to play in lower division with that team. CD Maristas reached the Liga EBA in the 98âÂÂ99 season and competed in that league during three years. In 2001, the club became independent of the Liceo Castilla school and gets the name of CB Atapuerca, more recently becoming known as Autocid Ford Burgos for sponsorship reasons.
In 2002, because of the renounces of other teams, the club reaches the LEB Plata, called LEBâÂÂ2 that year, and after a first bad year, CB Atapuerca grows and tries to promote to LEB Oro. After two semifinals where they were defeated, in the third playâÂÂoff they are champions after a double 3âÂÂ0 (CB Vic in quarterfinals and Ourense in semifinals) and a winning in the final of the league against GandÃÂa.
Since 2006, CB Atapuerca competes in LEB Oro. In 2008âÂÂ09 season, with Andreu Casadevall as coach, the club reaches the playâÂÂoff for first time and they lose 2âÂÂ1 with Alicante Costablanca.
In the 2009âÂÂ10 season, after finishing the regular season in the fifth position, the reach they playâÂÂoff finals after winning 3âÂÂ1 in quarterfinals against Cáceres 2016 and in semifinals against Melilla Baloncesto. In a thrilling series, they lost 3âÂÂ2 against ViveMenorca, team who finally promoted to Liga ACB.
One year later, Ford Burgos finishes in the third position of the regular season and reaches again the promotion finals, after beating 3âÂÂ1 to Grupo Iruña Navarra and 3âÂÂ0 to Girona FC. In the finals, the team losses against Blu:sens Monbús.
In 2012, Ford Burgos played for the first time the Copa PrÃÂncipe de Asturias, but was defeated 93âÂÂ85 by Iberostar Canarias in a game played in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. The team finally won this trophy in the next season, after beating River Andorra in Burgos by 73âÂÂ67.
On 19 May 2013 the club finished the 2012âÂÂ13 as champion and consequently promoted to Liga ACB for the first time in its history, but is not accepted in the league due to not paying the entering quota in the Association.
After this setback, CB Atapuerca was replaced and a new society called CB Tizona, remembering the former CB Espada Tizona, which played in the second division in the 1970s and the 1980s, was created with the aim to make easier a future promotion to ACB.
The club is not dissolved and it currently plays in the provincial league of Burgos.